Pictured is Ibrahim Elamin who was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court of rape.

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A rapist, who evaded police for more than seven years, has been jailed for an offence that took place on Loughborough University campus in 2010.

Ibrahim Elamin, 35, of Hibbert Street, Manchester, was found guilty of rape and was sentenced to seven years in jail for that offence at Leicester Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, May 11).

The court heard how an arrest in the Manchester area in July last year led to a DNA match for a serious sexual assault in Loughborough in February 2010.

The victim, who was 19 at the time of the offence, was returning to his accommodation on the Loughborough University Campus, when he was grabbed, taken onto the cricket pitch and raped.

An investigation was carried out in to the offence at the time and, despite a DNA hit, there was no match on the Police National Database.

However, officers carrying out an investigation in Manchester into fraud offences took a DNA sample from their suspect and that matched the one logged in Leicestershire in 2010.

Enquiries into two further sexual assaults on the campus were also conducted and the DNA match confirmed Elamin’s involvement in those incidents.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on Monday, May 8.

Yesterday he was sentenced to eight months in prison for each of the offences, sentences to run concurrently.

Elamin wasn’t a student at the university when the offences occurred but had enrolled on a course nearby.

Detective Constable Steve Winterton from the force’s Signal team, said: “This case demonstrates the significance of DNA in any investigation.

"This offence took place more than seven years ago and it was the DNA sample taken at the time that has now led to this conviction.

“This was a very distressing incident for the victims and they have shown immense courage throughout the initial investigation and subsequent legal proceedings. We hope this conviction now helps them move on with their life.”